# Amherst Chevrolet Bought by Paddock who is now closing it!!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [August 5, 2006, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/amherst-chevrolet-bought-by-paddock-who-is-now-closing-it/15532 "2006-08-05T12:26:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![misteroman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/misteroman/32/7423_2.png) [@misteroman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/misteroman)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/amherst-chevrolet-bought-by-paddock-who-is-now-closing-it/15532/1 "2006-08-05T12:26:09Z")
Got the info today.I guess the price was 5 million.BAsically he just bought it to close it.Must be nice to have that much scratch just laying around. D ---
**Author:** ![MikeRi24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@MikeRi24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MikeRi24)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/amherst-chevrolet-bought-by-paddock-who-is-now-closing-it/15532/2 "2006-08-05T12:31:18Z")
i have the feeling what will happen is this: Paddock buys AMherst Chevrolet, closes it, then re-opens it as another GM dealer. seems to me that the building that Amherst Chevrolet is in (on Niagara Falls Blvd right near Robinsons Rd?) a good location and the facility itself is somewhat new, so i would think it would be a waste of $5 million to completely fend off a competotor. doesnt seem like Amherst Chevrolet does a lot of bussiness anyway :gotme: ---
**Author:** ![articzap](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/articzap/32/7361_2.png) [@articzap](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/articzap)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 12:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/amherst-chevrolet-bought-by-paddock-who-is-now-closing-it/15532/3 "2006-08-05T12:33:21Z")
my guess is theyll close it and reopen it as something else ---
**Author:** ![misteroman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/misteroman/32/7423_2.png) [@misteroman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/misteroman)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 12:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/amherst-chevrolet-bought-by-paddock-who-is-now-closing-it/15532/4 "2006-08-05T12:33:49Z")
> [@MikeRi24](#): > > doesnt seem like Amherst Chevrolet does a lot of bussiness anyway :gotme: Am. Chev. beat Fucillo the last 2 months.I guess ol’ Mr Huge store on the Island is in a little bit o trouble. D ---
**Author:** ![vq30de](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@vq30de](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vq30de)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 12:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/amherst-chevrolet-bought-by-paddock-who-is-now-closing-it/15532/5 "2006-08-05T12:34:27Z")
hahahah thats how I want to live my life Oh, I dont like you. So ill buy you out. Buh bye! ---
**Author:** ![Carnut](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carnut/32/7590_2.png) [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 12:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/amherst-chevrolet-bought-by-paddock-who-is-now-closing-it/15532/6 "2006-08-05T12:36:01Z")
Wow, that is impressive. I would do that too if I had the cash. Odds are it was probably a buy out from other smaller chevy dealers as well but the majority was put in by paddock. New franchise will be put in for sure. ---
**Author:** ![MikeRi24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@MikeRi24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MikeRi24)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 12:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/amherst-chevrolet-bought-by-paddock-who-is-now-closing-it/15532/7 "2006-08-05T12:39:31Z")
> [@misteroman$$$](#): > > Am. Chev. beat Fucillo the last 2 months.I guess ol’ Mr Huge store on the Island is in a little bit o trouble. > D only thing he has going for him is his advertising. i’ve heard they’re service sucks ass. and when we bought our Blazer and were shopping around, they had the exact same truck (different color but same year, ~milage and options) and the closest they could come was 4 grand over what we got ours for. i have heard similar stories from other people about them as well. IMO, Keller Chevrolet is the best chevy dealer around. our last 4 cars, all GMs, have been purchased from ther. we have always looked elsewhere, but keep coming back to them ebcause of the service, prices, and overall customer service. ---
**Author:** ![JustinH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/amherst-chevrolet-bought-by-paddock-who-is-now-closing-it/15532/8 "2006-08-05T14:01:22Z")
My brothers girlfriends parents bought both their kids new scion tc’s from fuccillo, they were the cheapest deal around, and they haven’t had a problem with service. My buddy works for west herr toyota, he says they pound fuccillo in sales every quarter, it isn’t even funny. Paddock may be turning that Amherst chevy into a new location, that one on delaware is very fregging small. I have no idea how they are the best selling dealer on the planet in that suburban area of kenmore. ---
**Author:** ![MikeRi24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@MikeRi24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MikeRi24)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 2:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/amherst-chevrolet-bought-by-paddock-who-is-now-closing-it/15532/9 "2006-08-05T14:04:26Z")
^ they got like 3 or 4 storage lots. it amazes me how dealer can pre-order and keep hundreds of cars in inventory at all times and bank on the fact that they will sell them. ---
**Author:** ![JustinH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 2:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/amherst-chevrolet-bought-by-paddock-who-is-now-closing-it/15532/10 "2006-08-05T14:06:19Z")
> [@MikeRi24](#): > > ^ they got like 3 or 4 storage lots. it amazes me how dealer can pre-order and keep hundreds of cars in inventory at all times and bank on the fact that they will sell them. yeah mike my brother used to work there, i’ve been on all their lots, its really amazing indeed. I’m just thinking having a storerfront on nfb and robinson there would generate a ton of traffic for them. ---
**Author:** ![BDR5oh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bdr5oh/32/7315_2.png) [@BDR5oh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BDR5oh)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 2:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/amherst-chevrolet-bought-by-paddock-who-is-now-closing-it/15532/11 "2006-08-05T14:07:24Z")
Dwayne also bought the Walgreens building on the corner of Girard and delaware … ---
**Author:** ![MikeRi24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@MikeRi24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MikeRi24)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 2:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/amherst-chevrolet-bought-by-paddock-who-is-now-closing-it/15532/12 "2006-08-05T14:16:40Z")
> [@JustinH](#): > > yeah mike my brother used to work there, i’ve been on all their lots, its really amazing indeed. > > I’m just thinking having a storerfront on nfb and robinson there would generate a ton of traffic for them. if i owned a car dealer, it would swcare the shit outta me to order that many cars pre-order like that. i would keep some on the lot, but make it well known to people that if we didnt have the color they wanted or the options they wanted or whatever, we could order it providing they were willi8ng to wait a little while. this is, however, not the way car dealers operate now a days, and this is y i do not and never will own one lol. ---
**Author:** ![misteroman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/misteroman/32/7423_2.png) [@misteroman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/misteroman)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 2:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/amherst-chevrolet-bought-by-paddock-who-is-now-closing-it/15532/13 "2006-08-05T14:17:21Z")
> [@Carnut](#): > > Wow, that is impressive. I would do that too if I had the cash. Odds are it was probably a buy out from other smaller chevy dealers as well but the majority was put in by paddock. New franchise will be put in for sure. Actually Duane put up all the $$$ the other dealers only had to sign off. D ---
**Author:** ![2TurboZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/2turboz/32/7577_2.png) [@2TurboZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2TurboZ)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 2:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/amherst-chevrolet-bought-by-paddock-who-is-now-closing-it/15532/14 "2006-08-05T14:26:42Z")
I think paddock had the best quarter of any chevy store in the state or nation…I cant remember which…it was in the paper a while back ---
**Author:** ![RedGoober4Life](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redgoober4life/32/7610_2.png) [@RedGoober4Life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedGoober4Life)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 3:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/amherst-chevrolet-bought-by-paddock-who-is-now-closing-it/15532/15 "2006-08-05T15:57:11Z")
I have a few friends with newer GMs and they always go to Paddock. Their service is really top notch. ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 4:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/amherst-chevrolet-bought-by-paddock-who-is-now-closing-it/15532/16 "2006-08-05T16:24:42Z")
> [@MikeRi24](#): > > if i owned a car dealer, it would swcare the shit outta me to order that many cars pre-order like that. i would keep some on the lot, but make it well known to people that if we didnt have the color they wanted or the options they wanted or whatever, we could order it providing they were willi8ng to wait a little while. you sell cars by catching some whos “just looking” and showing them exactly or almost exactly what they want. “in stock” \> “we can order it” when it comes to closing sales instant gratification of a customers wishes is the way to make $. order a shit-ton of cars and youll make waaay more then you will loose when you sell this years models off to make room for next years ---
**Author:** ![JDMR2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdmr2/32/7587_2.png) [@JDMR2](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JDMR2)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/amherst-chevrolet-bought-by-paddock-who-is-now-closing-it/15532/17 "2006-08-05T18:58:47Z")
i got bets on a paddock “used” retail center… ---
**Author:** ![camarojoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@camarojoe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/camarojoe)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 7:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/amherst-chevrolet-bought-by-paddock-who-is-now-closing-it/15532/18 "2006-08-05T19:32:03Z")
I don’t think I ever met anyone that bought a car from Amherst Chevy. When it used to be Flannigan Chevy in North Tonawanda it was booming. Then it got switched to Frontier and was in NT for a bit then to the Blvd location, I hardly heard anything about them. Curious to see what Paddock does with Amherst Chevy. It would be a good 2nd location for them on another busy street. ---
**Author:** ![Fetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fetter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fetter)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 7:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/amherst-chevrolet-bought-by-paddock-who-is-now-closing-it/15532/19 "2006-08-05T19:37:08Z")
That sucks ---
**Author:** ![\_nails](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/58956e/32.png) [@\_nails](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/_nails)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 8:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/amherst-chevrolet-bought-by-paddock-who-is-now-closing-it/15532/20 "2006-08-05T20:33:22Z")
fuccillo. i want that fat fuck off the radio, televison, billboards, and buses. petition? who’s with me? [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/amherst-chevrolet-bought-by-paddock-who-is-now-closing-it/15532.md?page=2)